42 minutes ago, ElsieD said:In my CSA box this week, I received a couple of broccoli, stems still attached. There are a LOT of stems. I cut the stems off, but couldn't bear to throw them out. I thought I'd google what I could do with them but didn't see anything that great. If someone uses only the stems, what do you do with them? I'm thinking I could make a creamed soup with them, straining out any fibers, but I'd really like to use them as a vegetable. If using them as a vegetable, I'd peel the stalks beforehand but then what? Any suggestions?
I suffer through the florets for the stems, though I rarely serve them separately. If I do, it’s peeled, cut into coins or julienne, macerated with salt, rinsed and stir fried alone or with other veg or pickled. Irene Kuo’s out of print The Key to Chinese Cooking 1977 has a good description.
